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had previously recorded—in Spring 1972. Yester fronted production and the sessions were held almost immediately after Waits' record deal, and were described as "quick and efficient." Waits was "nervous, but confident enough in his own material" during the beginning of the sessions; however, as the
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review, holds the album in high regard, describing Waits' "lovelorn lyrics" as being "sentimental without being penetrating", while also noting Waits' "gift for gently rolling pop melodies" and "self-conscious melancholy", the latter of which "can be surprisingly moving". In 2000,
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2007:October 10,
2002:Apple Music
1436:engineering
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1388:double bass
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3127:Bones Howe
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2494:October 6,
2216:October 6,
2029:January 9,
1956:October 6,
1579:References
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1429:Ed Caraeff
1383:on "Rosie"
569:Ed Caraeff
514:media help
433:Neil Young
353:Herb Cohen
310:Background
166:chronology
69:Early 1972
58:1973-03-06
3047:Bad as Me
2937:Somewhere
2753:Bad as Me
2746:Real Gone
2704:Rain Dogs
2633:Tom Waits
2585:ECW Press
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2170:March 24,
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384:Recording
370:San Diego
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278:to be "a
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3080:Musicals
2771:Big Time
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2521:Sources
2489:AllMusic
2469:July 26,
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2081:(1981).
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1237:"Martha"
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1083:Two Suns
1017:Sefronia
983:AllMusic
657:AllMusic
589:Tom Rush
490:"Ol' 55"
390:producer
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2902:Ol' '55
2050:Spinner
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1270:"Rosie"
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288:Ol' '55
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